Package-tie.



G. H. B TON.

PA TIE.

APPLIGATIO MAR. s, 1914.

1,127,859, Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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tartan stares ra ra vr carton CHARLES HERBERT BURTON, OF WASHTNGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT HAYNE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PACKAGE-TIE.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application filed March a, 1914. Serial No. 822322;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. BonroN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful improvements in Package-Ties, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to package ties, and has for an object to provide a device of this character which will lie flat against the package, will have no parts'projecting from the device to catch and injure adjacent packages, and a tie {which may be secured about the package by the natural movements of the hand.

The invention has for another object to provide a device of this character which may be readily fastened and released so that it may be used repeatedly, a device which is of simple construction and may be easily and economically manufactured from sheet metal, and a device which may be operated from either side, whether the package be tied with the right or the left hand.

These and other objects and; advantages of this invention will be brought out more clearly from the following detail description of the present preferred embodiment of the invention, the same being shown in the accompanying drawing wherein,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device of this invention as applied to a package of paper. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section through the device. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the same. Fig. l is a plan of the blank from which the device is made. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the device having the cord applied thereto and the position of the thumb being shown whereby to direct the cord into the notch.

Referring to this drawing, the numeral 10 designates the body plate of which the fastener is formed. The plate is slightly elongated and is provided with a longitudinal central head or rib 11 formed by crimping up the middle of the plate. The head 11 provides a tubular socket extending throughout the entire length of the plate 7 for the reception of the inner end of the cord 12 of the package tie. The inner extremity of the cord 12 is knotted as at 13 so as to hold the cord to the plate. It will be noted from Fig. 3, that the lower side of the head 11 is closed so as to retain the cord 12 in the tube or socket at all times. he inner end of the bead 11 is provided with a notch 11 extending downwardly and backwardly in the bead and opening through the opposite sides thereof. ll liclway of the ends of the bead 11 the same is prorided with an undercut slot 15 opening at its outer end through the top of the head 11 at a point 16 and being closed at its 1-11161 end. The slot 15 extends entirely through the head 11 opening through the opposite sides thereof and exposes-the cord 12 throughout the entire length of the slot 15. By formng the notch 14 in the bead a shoulder or lug is provided 011 the plate for engagement with the cord to hold the same in position being stamped to form the blank shown in Y Fig. 4, wherein are provided" the opening for the slot 15 and the notch 'le, the blank being then stamped or pressed to form the complete article, as shown in Fig. 1.

In use the plate 10 is placed on top of a packet and held thereon by the engagement of the thumb on one of the side flanges of the plate, the cord 12 is passed longitudinally from. the end of the plate around the package and returned over the inner end oflthe plate, the cord is now engaged in the notch 1a and then passed laterally around the package. The end of the cord, after passing laterally around the package, is engaged down through the opening 16 into the slot 15, the cord being drawn inwardly into the slot 15, binding frictionally against the upper side of the exposed cord 12 and against the lower edges of the tongue or portion 17 of thebead lying about the slot 15.

It will be noted that the operations are perfectly natural as after the cord is passed around the package longitudinally by the hand, the cord is caught inthe notch 14 so as to hold the cord and the 'cord is then passed; laterally around the package. The user retains his holdupon the end of the cord and merely forces the cord down through the opening 16 and draws the end 'of the cord inwardly toward him, this lat ter operation wedging the cord 12 in the slot 15. The exposed portion of the cord 12 lying in the lower side of the slot 15 provides for a frictional contact surface insuring the retention of the cord when wedged in the slot. It is of course understood that the cord 12 may be given any number of turns about the package desired and when the cord is wrapped twice laterally around the package, as shownpartly in Fig. 5, the first lap of the cord may be caught by the finger and drawn over the opening 16 through which the cord drops and moves partly into the slot 15, insuring the retention of the end of the cord in the slot.

What is claimed is 1. A package tie comprising a flat body portion having a. longitudinal central bead on its upper face, a cord engaged within the bead and. extending from one end there of, said cord being adapted for engagement longitudinally around a package, said bead having a notch formed in its upper side for the reception of said cord the cord being adapted to be passed laterally around the package from said notch, said bead also having an undercut slot intermediate its ends adapted for the reception of the extremity of the cord whereby to retain the same from displacement.

2. A package tie comprising a plate having a raised bead extending longitudinally thereof providing a cord socket, said bead having an inwardly extending notch in its upper side and an undercut slot spaced from the notch, and a cord secured at one end in the bead and adapted to be passed around a package first longitudinally then engaged in said'notch and passed laterally,

thereabout, the end of the cord being forced into said undercut slot whereby to retain the cord in place.

3. A package tie comprising a body plate having a raised bead on its upper face, said bead having an undercut slot therein and a notch spaced from the slot, a cord adapted for engagement about'a package having CHARLES HERBERT BURTON.

Witnesses GERTRUDE M. STUGKRR, F. M. Gnrz.

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